There's a list on spinner.com for the best opening lyrics of a song - though of course they only cover pop music.
What are OUR best opening lyrics from a song?
Some of the first choices that came to mind:
--Kiss today goodbye --Isn't it rich? --I wonder what he'll think of me --Come on, babe, why don't we paint the town? --What good is sitting alone in your room --Seems a downright shame...
"It says here..." Adelaide's Lament, Guys and Dolls
"Don't kiss me good bye again, leave this night clean and quiet..." Goodbye Until Tomorrow, Last 5 Years
"Now she wants to know WHY, if I'm so fabulous, I would WANT to take care of her child.....I answer with as much filigree and insouciance as I can muster, trying to slightly cock my head like Snow White listening to the animals. She, in turn, is aiming for more of a Diane-Sawyer-pose, looking for answers which will confirm that I am not there to steal her husband, jewelry, friends, or child. In that order."
The Nanny Diaries
I have to agree wholeheartedly with "Kiss today goodbye..."
"I was born on the other side of a town ripped in two." Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
"You'll be swell, you'll be great, gonna have the whole world on a plate!" - Gypsy
"C'mon babe, why don't we paint the town? And all that jazz."
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
"I'm breaking my mother's heart" "I see his face, I hear his hearbeat" "Maybe the sun gave me the power" "I have often walked down this street before" "Damn, damn, damn, damn"